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Debating Rule No. 4: Your body language should be such as to show that you
have already won.
She laughed for dramatic effect and whipped open the class register.
Debating Rule No. 5: Attack the opposition. One on one. RIP. THEM. APART.

‘Amit Singhal. I know you were talking about me back there. Yes, you. The
guy who I just heard saying, “Obviously, they slept together. How else would

she make it to the research team.” There you are in your oiled hair, rubber
chappals and the fake Diesel shirt. Look at you. So virginal. What are you
sniggering about, Sameer Garg? It’s not that you have ever talked to a girl. You
know how easy it is for me to check what you searched for in your browser?

You look flushed? What did you search for?’
Debating Rule No. 6: Threaten. Scare. Create fake panic.

‘I don’t think you took me seriously. Let me just tell you the IP addresses of
your laptops. Let’s check your mails. The desperate mails you would have sent
to your ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends? No?’ She fished her cellphone out. She

played Temple Run on it.
Debating Rule No. 7: Douse the panic.
‘Maybe I shouldn’t be that cruel now, should I? Why share your misery with

the rest of the class? So let’s come back to the topic of you gossiping about
Raghuvir and me. I feel blessed that you, who are as intelligent as a pack of
chimps for Raghuvir, have decided to gossip about Raghuvir and me.’

Debating Rule No. 8: Address everyone. Divide the crowd. See them turn on
each other.
‘And don’t kid yourselves, girls. You know you would rather be linked to

Raghuvir than to any of these boys here. I don’t mind if you keep talking about
Raghuvir and me because I know, I understand, it comes from the deep-rooted
feeling of wanting to be where I am today. We have all been jealous of the girl

who has it all, haven’t we? I have been in your place. And who wouldn’t want to
be linked with Raghuvir after all? I understand your envy. Last night, I saw
many of you dancing with boys who don’t deserve you and you knew that, but

you rationalized in your head that it’s the best you can get in our college. I don’t
feel bad when you talk about me and him. I understand.’
Debating Rule No. 9: The final blow. Leave them thinking that they were

wrong from the word go.
Her voice was now soft. She made it sound like she was almost mourning for